[ doppo has to take a moment. eight months here, six months since he's seen him, but doppo is a hundred percent, absolutely sure that he hasn't been here, ever, just as he's also a hundred percent sure he'd just said goodbye to hifumi before he left for work this morning.
he frowns at hifumi, but the man has never been a good liar, and he looks too distraught to be playing a prank on him -- hifumi never really plays pranks on him, anyway. the strange pulse of warmth at the continued contact, a strange sort of feeling he's come to know as 'chroma', reminds him that he's not back in their own world, not by a long shot.
all right, don't panic. the last thing hifumi needs to deal with his doppo freaking the fuck out, even if the familiar weight of it threatens to crash over him. he squeezes hifumi's hold on his arm, words caught in his throat.
what can he say to that? hifumi has been alone for so long, struggling to cope -- wanting him, of all people, and sensei had been here to take care of him...
doppo swallows hard. ]
I just -- saw you this morning. [ but what he also wants to say is: ] I'm sorry I left you alone for so long.
[ six months without hifumi would be torture -- hifumi is the most important person in the world to him, his safe harbor, his anchor, and he winces -- the loneliness is unimaginable. is it the same for hifumi? it must be, he has never seen him this unhappy before. ]
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he frowns at hifumi, but the man has never been a good liar, and he looks too distraught to be playing a prank on him -- hifumi never really plays pranks on him, anyway. the strange pulse of warmth at the continued contact, a strange sort of feeling he's come to know as 'chroma', reminds him that he's not back in their own world, not by a long shot.
all right, don't panic. the last thing hifumi needs to deal with his doppo freaking the fuck out, even if the familiar weight of it threatens to crash over him. he squeezes hifumi's hold on his arm, words caught in his throat.
what can he say to that? hifumi has been alone for so long, struggling to cope -- wanting him, of all people, and sensei had been here to take care of him...
doppo swallows hard. ]
I just -- saw you this morning. [ but what he also wants to say is: ] I'm sorry I left you alone for so long.
[ six months without hifumi would be torture -- hifumi is the most important person in the world to him, his safe harbor, his anchor, and he winces -- the loneliness is unimaginable. is it the same for hifumi? it must be, he has never seen him this unhappy before. ]
I'm gonna -- make it up to you, okay?